/*
 * Copyright 2006-2008 Michele Mostarda ( michele.mostarda@gmail.com ).
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package org.graphnav.aggregator.model;

/**
 * Defines a resource type.
 */
public interface ResourceType {

    /**
     * Name of resource type.
     * @return
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Super type.
     * @return
     */
    ResourceType getSuperType();

    /**
     * Components.
     * @return
     */
    String[] getComponents();

    /**
     * Component type.
     *
     * @param component
     * @return
     */
    ResourceType getComponentType(String component);

    /**
     * Type of something.
     * @return
     */
    boolean typeOf();

}
